Of this no hint is given in the Haida system of totemism. Among these Indians the totem is merely a legend carved in wood and embodying, generally, the crest or sign of the family in which the ...

In Xʼaad kíl, the Haida language, they are gyáaʼaang, “man standing up”; and in Smʼalgyax, the Tsimshian language, they are ptsʼaan. Totem poles have become some of the most iconic ...

“The poles would be carved by local tribal artists and represent several Tlingit and Haida clans,” along with their past history and present-day culture, the notice states. “Totems would be ...

Watch Ted Trotta appraise a Zacherias Nicholas Haida Argillite totem pole, ca. 1890, in Alaska Native Heritage Center, Hour 2. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

The Haida have been credited with being among the creators of totems. After centuries of constructing totems to tell their stories, Haida ancestors were persuaded by European missionaries to shun ...

There are two totem poles at the Field Museum to this day that were created by the Haida people of British Columbia and purchased for the World's Fair. The museum noted that its staff recently ...

His second pole represents the Haida Ravens crests. “It’s an honor to be trusted to do a totem pole from a different nation, I took that as a badge of honor,” he said. Young said one of his ...

In a few hours, the stream of people, many wearing Haida hats and other bright-colored traditional regalia, trickled to the carving shed outside — to the totem pole. Two Haida artists and ...

With a storm on the horizon, threatening to unleash its fury in Hecate Strait, the race was on to stay ahead of it by covering as much distance as possible toward the southern tip of Haida Gwaii.